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Hi, my name is Steve. You know, we often hear of the word service nowadays, but it’s not what you expect. Some people’s idea of service is to cut corners, provide shoddy workmanship. But one thing I have learned over the years is that there are no short-cuts to service, only better ways to provide […]

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Emergent Church Leader Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and, most notably, an Emergent Church Leader. His groundbreaking books include A New Kind of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy, The Secret Message of Jesus, and Everything Must Change. My favorite book is Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Muhammed Cross the Road? Named […]

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What Is the Single Greatest Spiritual Truth You Have Ever Learned? I got asked that question today and, after thinking for a moment, I suppose I would have to answer like this: “As soon as you are disposed to being alone with God you are…no matter where you are: in the city, in the monastery, […]

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What is TRUE Spirituality? For much of my Christian life, I confessed Jesus and so pursued some kind of spiritual life. It was not because I was all that interested in overcoming the self-centeredness that WAS my life…my up and down emotional states…my negative thinking about others…my pursuits, interests, and ambitions, virtually all of which […]

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Disciples of Jesus are not “saved” people. They are “learners” instead. Which is of course what “disciple” really means. And, what are “learners” learning? How to be followers of Jesus. Isn’t there a difference? And, isn’t following Jesus what Jesus himself invited people to do? I am a follower of Jesus. Perhaps not a very […]